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APPLICAIION HLED JAN. 28. ISIS.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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1. 0 FOWLER. CONVERTIBLE STATE ROOM AND DRAWING ROOM CAR.

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CONVERTIBLE STATE ROOM AND DRAWING ROOM CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-28.1915.

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UNITED. PATENT. OFFI E- CONVERTIBLE STATE-ROOM AND DRAWIN -Bowman To allwhom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, JONATHAN 'O. FOWLER," a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a residentof New York, in the county and State of NewYork, have invented-a certain new and useful Convertible. State Room andDrawing Room- Car, of which the following is a specification, the samebe-. ing a full, clear, and exact description of, the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same. i i

This invention relates to railway cars andparticularly to that class ofpassengerv coaches which are constructed with a central depressed orhang-down portion, in which are formed pockets or storage compartmentswhich may be either spaced, or contiguous, or alined, or otherwisepositioned, and which may serve to contain sleeping car berths duringthe day, and chairs, hand luggage, etc., at night, the covers of thesaid compartments being utilized to servealternately as portions of thefloor of the car and assidev walls, when up-turned, to support berthswhen raised from the said storage compart-.

ments. i 1

The object of the invention is the creation of a structure that shallprovide an intertions, compartments to contain aplurality of berths, asfor instance, inclosures for two, four, eight or other number ofberths-at will, which inclosures may be respectively designated assingle, double, quadruple or other car sections. These inclosuresconsequently form collapsible or knock-downstate-rooms that may be setupat night and, if so desired, taken down in the morningthe upturned floorportions being swung down and the portable partitions being folded upand rem0vedby which means the car is rendered always ready, to beadaptable to be utilized alternately and selectively as a stateroomcoach, or as a drawing-room car, or

Specification of Letters Patent.

. PatentediAug. 19, 1919.

Application filed January 28. 1915. SerialNo. 4.94 1;

else as a sleeper practically 'ofthe convention'al type. 1e: v

In order to enable the invention to be fully understoodg I shall proceedto explain the same by reference to the drawings, illust'rati'veof oneembodiment of the invention,

which accompany and form a part ofthisspecification-mud in which-F1gui'e 1 represents a partial elevation of a car constructedaccording'to my invention ;v

Fi'g.,:1 is aepartial diagramof the floor of the same,the'representation of the floor boards belng omitted for clearness ofillustra'tion; the upturned floor portions F, F andthecollapsible'state-room partitions 1, 2,1, I and J being indicated bydotted lines; Figs. 2 and 2 are views'in section taken on the line-22Fig. .1 respectively showing the construction of the end portion of thecoach. I prefer to-us'e as it appears'for and night service; V

Figs. 3 and 3 are respectively an eleva tion and vedge-view'of thecollapsible partiday tion I, i, partly folded against the side of' thecoach and which may be located in the car as illustrated at the righthand'of Fig. 5 and also indicated at I in Fig. 1*.

Figs. 4 and 4 are" plan diagrams of the said collapsible partition whichis preferably hinged permanently to the side of the car as at i thesame. being respectively illustrated in its partly unfolded position andas fully open for use; 1 Fig. 5 represents a partial horizontal section,taken at the left hand portion of Fig. 1'

on the line 5-5 thereof, of up-turned portions of the floor F, F andcollapsible partitions I, i, 1' arranged as two knock-down state-roomsD, D, D, D comprising eight berths or a quadruple car section, and alsoindicating the car passage-way a-and the room passage-way cf, the floorportions. F being partly broken'away .to disclose "the thereunderstorage compartments G;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of rip-turned. portions of the floor, F,F-constituting in one position doors or covers for the storagecompartments and in another position supporting walls for the'berthstogether with the" supplemental head and foot-board closures f;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of ripturned portions of the floorandcollapsible partitions arranged as a two berth state-room E or a singlecar section, and showing folding partitions J and I and head andfoot-board closures f and side-board panels K and also indicating theberths H;

Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view in side elevation, partly in section onthe line 8-8 Fig. 1 indicating the various positions and movements ofthe lip-turned fioor portions and berths H and supplementalberthsup-.

ports P of state-room E as they would ap pear for night use;

Fig. 9 is an elevation, partly in-section on the line 99 Fig. 1 of thefront face of the four berth state-room D, D' comprising a doublecarsection, showing curtains L which are adapted to be hung in front of allof the berths, as atL, although omitted from most of the other views forclearness' of illustration, The view also discloses a partition .1between two tiers of'berths;

Fig. 10 is a partial transverse section of a state-room taken ontheli11e.1 010 of Figs. l and 11; Y Y 1 f Fig. 11 is a partial verticalsection on the line '11-11 Fig. 10 showing state-rooms D,

D positioned in the central portion of the car where the storagecompartments are located, and alsoindicating the position of the berthsin their raised and lowered relations;

" Figsf12 and 13 i are detail views in per F, F, (the same being a viewof the right hand postM' of Fig. 19) the floor line being designated bythe line X'X and the hinge member being most clearly illustrated in Fig.18; and

' Fig. 19 is a section taken on the line.

1919 Fig 5 illustrating three pairs of the floor sections and supportstherefor in as-. sembled relation.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the views. 5

Referring to the drawings, A denotes the body of a passenger coach whichis preferably constructed with a central depressed or hang-down portion,as A. be provided for day use with a large open central saloon or room,at each end of which is ordinarily a passage-way, as a, which preferablyleads to the usual stationary or permanent state-rooms, lavatories. etc.or dinarily located at the extreme ends of the The car may.

"ments, of for general social use, which room is indicated by the heavylines in Fig. 1

In order to adapt my invention to this car and to effect the change ofuse of the coach containing the said parlor to that of knock-downstate-rooms for day or night use at will, or to that of a sleeping carin a convenient and expeditious manner, I use in the presentinstance thefollowing mechanism preferably comprising storage pockets orcompartments,'as- G, located in the said hang-down portion of the carand having a plu'ralityof preferably hinged covers or superimposed floorsections, as F, F, the said covers being ordinarily hinged in pairs orin duplex relation to floor posts as M the same comprising portions ofthe sills or floor framing of the car, and being preferably located ateach end of each storage pocket as shown in Figs. 8, 13, 1'7, 18' and19, and the upward movement of the hinged floor sections being indicatedin Fig. 8 by dotted lines.

Fig. 17 represents the several positions assumed by the various outerright hand pairs of'floo-r sections of a state-room, while the severalpositions assumed by the left hand pairs of floor sections and alsothose of the central "pairs offloor sections of a state room D, D areshown in Fig. 19, together withjthe car posts M to which they arehinged. I

Each pair of the floor portions'F, F and F,F shown in section in thelatter view form the two sidewalls of the two separate state-rooms D andD when such staterooms are required for day use, the floor portions,'of'ithe rooms being indicated by the lower portions F, F illustrated insection, When, however, that portion of the car is required to be usedas a part of the drawing room or parlor, the said hinged parts F, F andF, F are folded down on theportions F, F, as is indicated by the dottedlines, the'to'p face of the upper floor portions F, F of both rooms thenbeing in alinement with'thefloor line X.

When itfis desired to make up the said dayfs'tate-rooms 'D, D! for nightuse, it is only"necessary,in orderto allow the berths to be raised outof the storage compartments G, thateach pair of the floor portionshinged to each post shall be placed in vertical position, in which caseall of the floor sections indicated in section will be main tained in anelevated position. I i

The, berthsH which during the day time may be contained in the storageompartmentsG,as indicated in Figs. 8, l0 and 11,

may be raised from the same and held in posltlon for sleeping purposesat night as hereinafter set forth, after which the berths may be made upin the usual manner, ;the'

individual movable chairs,-which are used in the parlor (or, ifrequired, in the state p g covers for the pockets are pref erably sohinged to the floor posts M atM (Figs. 13, 17, 18 and 19) as to formpartitions or side walls when in verticalpositions for and betweenseparate car sections each of which may comprise twoberths of a singlecar section as at E, or four berths of a doublecar section as an), D, oreight berths of a quadruple car section as at D, D, D D or the saidparts may be assembled in whatever other arrangement of berths andstate-rooms may bedesired.

The floor portions F, F'inay carry tracks, as at 7. lowering the berthsand maintaining the same in an elevated position coi'npriseswerticalgears h carried by the berths and con-v structed'and arranged to engagethesaid tracks f at each end of theberths, which tracks may extend downinto the pockets G. The gears may be mountedon horizontal shafts 7tlocated at the interior portion of each end of the berths which shaftsmay carry at their extremities bevel gears k constructed and arranged toengage similar bevelgears or carried by horizontal rods m runninglongitudinally along'the inner sides of the berths. The tracks f areprovided with grooves h inwhich 'Wo'rkT-shaped projections m extendingfrom the endsof the berth trays. A vertical gear 'O is mounted on ashort transverse horizontal shaft 0 preferably located at the frontcentral portion of the berth which 'gear meshes with a horizontal bevelgear 0 which latter may be provided with means, as'the square orifice 0,adapted to be operated by a crank or key (Figs. '13', 14: and 15') toturn as hereinafter described the'horizontal rods m which latter engagethe shafts ,h at the ends of the berths through the intermeshingbevelgears m and h*.

Upon the insertion of the key, and the shaft 0 being rotated by thegears O and O, a worm O encircling the said shaft "0 will engage atright angles a gear 0 carried by and encircling the central portion ofthe rod and the latter together with gears m and hand shaft It. willbeturned, and the consequent revolution of the gears hworking on thetrack f will serve to raise or lower the berths. The saidj berths mayalso carry supplemental swinging supports P, as shown in Fig. 8, thoseof the lower A convenient means of raising and berths 1 serving tosustain the upper berths and the supports P of the upper berthsbeing"-preferably adapted and arranged to hold the-head and foot-boardsf in place as indicated in Fig. 7, the movement of thesaid supplementalsupports P being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 8.

""I'also'providecurtains, aS'L, which may be used in addition to myportable partition andwhichmay behung"bef.ore and in front of, any andall of the elevated berths either instate rooms or inthe open car suchas are shown inFigyl before the car section D D and also before/thesection D, D in Fig. 9,the said curtains being omitted in the remainingviewsfor 'clearn'es'sof illus tration'o'f the'other' parts. Thesecurtains when employedin the open car'afi'ord protection' for theoccupants of the various berths from the gaze of the public and whenused in state-rooms serve to give additional privacy-for the occupantsthereofand may be advantageously 1 employed in cases where theknock-down rooms are occupied in part by ladies j 9' Inorder thatstate-rooms may be set up in'the car and arranged so as to have apassage-way through thecenter thereof, as at a 'or"a' t one side of thecompartment, as at q fa'nd also to provide room for a car passage 'way aexterior of and adjacent to the said rooms, I preferably use, inconnection withjthe hinged floor portions F, F a portablepartition',asin'the present instance a structurally independent folding screen orpartition as 1,41, preferably hinged to a side of the car, as by hingesi and ordinarily folded up' against the {samewhen not in use.' Thispartition preferably comprises an open metallic framenordoorway I tospan a passageway a along the side of the car and having a door ordoor-way i to'which frame I is preferably secured, as by hinges, aplu-rality of folding sections 2', the ends of two adjacent partitionsbeing preferably at tached together, as at and forming a metal foldingscreen. The folding partition I, imay be, however, made so as to beinclependent of the car wall, and when not in use may be deposited inthe storage compartments-or temporarily set up against the'side of thecar as indicated in Fig. 1 as 1 The number of folding partitions I, imay be varied as occasion may require, two of the same being indicatedin Fig. 1 adjacent to the berths D, D The partition thus formed isspaced from the outer'berths D, D 'and extends to theup-turned floorportions F, F at the side of the car adjacent to thelastnam'ed berths.In this instance the inclosure of the state-room may be completed by theuse of structurally independent partitions I preferably having doors ordoorways z" located intermediate the opposite pairs of up-turned floorsections F, F, F,

floor sections by suitable connecting means as hereinafter described.When it is desired to use two separate state-rooms as D, D and D ,'D thecentral partition I" may be placed, as stated, between the said tworooms, while by the removal'of the said central partition, a state-roomcomprising a quadruple car section D, D, D, D will be provided, whichroom will comprise the two said rooms D, D, and D D having alinedpassage-ways a i The open spaces or interstices formed between theup-turned floor sections, the partitions I, i, I, J, I and the top ofthe car may be closed by the use of supplemental partition devices Kplaced above the said partitions, and headand foot-boards f. locatedabove the raised floor portions, all .of: which structurally independentparts may be attached together and held in position by suitablefastening devices as by hooks 9' of one part engaging registeringrecesses 7' of an adjacent part as illustrated in Fig. 16.

It will be seen that in the embodiment illustrated in the drawings someof the many possible arrangements of state-rooms are indicated as forexample, a completely,

closed two berth state-room as E. or B forming a single section of thecar; and a four berth state-room D, D forming a double section of thecar; and an eight berth state-room D, D, D D forming a quadruple sectionof the car, which staterooms may be furnished with curtains L hung infront of the berths at night and on opposite sides of the passage-ways aas shown in Figs. 1 and 9. h

In Fig. 5 a plan view of a quadruple stateroom is shown comprising twoend vertical floor sections F of the parts D D, a part of the permanentfloor of the car (1 and two horizontal floor sections F for day use, thelatter being partly broken away to disclose the therebelow storagecompartments G. The view also shows four central floor sections F, Fbetween the said state-room and the room D, D; while at the other end ofthe latter state-room there are two upturned floor sections F (notillustrated-in this view but shown in Figs. 1 and 19) and two horizontalfloor sections F. In Fig. 11 a portion of the duplex state-room D, D.with alined berths, is shown, the partition I and curtains L beingomitted for clearness of illustration. In this arrangement two endup-turned floor sections F, F are shown at one end of the room, at thecentral portion of which aretwo central up-turned floor sections F, F,and at the other end of the state-room are two up-turned floor sectionsF, F (notshown). In this illustration all of the floor sections are in avertical position to allow the berths to be raised from the storagepockets, G, It is obvious that if desired, and by the use of suitablehinged floor portions and folding partitions, a series of doublestate-rooms, as D, D, D D may be located adjacent to each other in orderto form a car-composed entirely of knock-down state-rooms and endpermanent state-rooms.

In case a two berth or single car section state-room is desired tobeused for occupation by day, as at E, one floor portion F may bein ahorizontalposition and another floor section F may be held in verticalposition at. one end of the room, both being supported bya post M, andat the other end of the room ,the up -turned fioor section Fhingedtoanother post may be employed as indicated in Figs. 5and 1 1.WVhen, how ever, the said room is required for sleeping purposes, thefloor sections. F, F at one end of the same will be raised asillustrated in Fig. 8 together with the floor section F at the other endof'the room. The said floor sections of the state-room 15 may beconnected so as to inclose'the beds by means of a structurallyindependent folding partition J and I arranged-in front of the same andhaving a. door ,or door-way i, the said partition being preferablyspaced from the berth to provide apassage-way a in front of the same.

The collapsible sectional and folding, but rigid, portablefpartitiondevices I, 2', I, I and J may be attached to the edges of the lip-turnedswinging floor sections F, F, or to the, side wall or fioor of the coachor to. other supporting means in any approved manner such as havealready been pointed out, and. the supplemental partition devices, aspanelsf and K, may be secured in their proper operative positions in asimilar manner.

At certain. portions of the coach, as in the present embodiment at theends of the open saloon and in front of and beyond the hang-downportions, and also if desired at the central part thereof, I may locatesingle car sections comprising ordinary but movable sleeping car chairs,as B, B which may occupy the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1during the dayand be swung at night to the position indicated by dottedlines, in order to be made up into ordinary lower berths. Above saidchairs may be located if preferred. permanent conventional uppersleeping car berths, as C, which may be used in the usual manner. Thesesingle car sections may obviously be-used as small state-rooms as bybeing inclosed between raised floor sections F and partitions J, thechairs forming the seatsabutting the raised floor portions at night toimpart stability to the parts when-they serve to support beds.

It' is obvious that, if desired, upon the es sts fioor. sections F beingraised to a Q vertical position in thecompartment just, described, thelower berth maybe lifted up from the floor pocket lying beneath the saidfloor section in lieu of using the movable sleeping car chairs B, B, ineither of which cases the ordinary upper car berth C or other suitableberth traymay serve as the upper berth. It is also manifest that suchmovable sleeping car seats may be placed ad- ,jacent to vertical floorportions or against it." should hapnenthatthe demand was "forstate-rooms alone, the coach may be readily transformed into astate-room car exclusive'ly; in either of which cases the coach mayserveas aparloror drawing-room car during the day tune. The nterior ofmy improved coach may thus be adjusted in the manner pointed out inorder to meet the requirements ofsingle-travelers m respect tosleepingaccommodations, and also to those of passcngersin parties ofvarious sizes who may be desirous of being isolated from other travelerseithervby dayor by night.

1 It will be noted that the essential features of novelty inmy inventionconsist in a convertible state-room, parlorjand sleeping car comprisingknock-downstate-rooms or compartments inclosing partof theside wall of acar and; a portionofthe permanent floor .of'the coach serving as apassage-way, as a or a and' in means, as the movable sections F,'-[F- ofthefloor comprising partition knock-clown walls; and in meansto supportthe movable floor portlonsin a hor zontal position to serve as chair orseat supports and ina vertical relation to support the beds; and also incurtains'L hung within the state-rooms and in front of theinclosedberths supported by the said movable floor sections; together withadditional knockdown partition walls to complete the stateroom inclosureas J "I I,-z',,sp.acedfrom-the slde wall of the car and extending adistance v away from the vertical partition Walls formed by at least twomovable floor sections F, F, by which construction compartmentpassage-ways, as a or a are formed by the said permanent floor portions,the upturned floor sections which may serve to support beds at nightbeing located, intermediate the said passage way and the side wall ofthe car or the partition walls.

Other features of the invention comprise, in combination, (1) additionalor supplemental partition devices, as f and K, to close the open spacesor interstices between the said walls and partitions and the roof of the,car 5, and (2);fasteningdevices to hold in ,positionat willthe saidup-turned floor poritions, partitions and supplemental partitiondevices.v a a k I wish it to be understood that I do not desire tobelimited to the exact details of construction shown and described, forob- .vious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art., ,1What I claim asmy invention is 1.111 a passenger coach, a compartmentcomprising a side wall of the car, a rigid portable longitudinally andtransversely disposed partition wall, and means forming with the saidpartition and inclosure for the.compartment located intermediate the carside and the portable partition and comprising movable floor portions toserve as walls and adapted to support a bed at night Withinthecompartment and, when desired, forming a part of the car floor tosupport seating devices-by day, the longitudinally disposed partitionwall being spaced from the movable floor portions to provide a passageway therebetween.

- 2,-In a passenger coach, a compartment comprising a side wall of thecar, a-rigid portable longitudinally and transversely disposed partitionwall, and means forming with the said partitionan inclosure for thecompartment located intermediate the car side and the portable partitionand comprising movable floor portions to serveas walls and adapted tosupporta bed at night within the compartment and, when desired, forminga part of the car floor to support seating devices bytday, thelongitudinally disposed partition wall being spaced from themovable-floor portions'to provide a passageway therebetween, and alsosupplemental partition devices located between the tops of the saidpartition and floor walls and the roof of the.car

In a passenger coach, a compartment comprising a side wall of the car, arigid portable longitudinally and transversely disposed partition wall,and means forming withtthe said partition an inclosure for thecompartment located intermediate the car side and the portable partitionand comprising movable floor portions to serve as walls and adapted tosupport a bed at night within the compartment and, when desired, forminga part of the car floor to support seating devices by day, thelongitudinally disposed partition wall being spaced from the movablefloor portions to provide a passageway therebetween, and alsosupplemental partition devices located between the tops of the saidpartition and floor walls and the roof of the car, and means todetachably fasten the said parts together at will.

4:. In a passenger coach, a compartment comprising a part of thepermanent floor of the car, a side wall of the car, a portable partitionwall located one side of the permanent floor portion, and comprisinglongitudinally and transversely disposed sections, and means formingwith said partition an inelosurefor the compartment located at the otherand inner side of the permanent floor portion and intermediate the carside and the portable partition and comprising devices to serve as wallsand adapted to support a bed at night within the compartment and, whendesired, forming a part of the car floor to support seating devices byday.

5. In a passenger coach, a compartment comprising a part of thepermanent floor of the car, a side wall of the car, a portabletransversely and longitudinally disposed partition wall, a doorwayformed in the said partition wall registering with the said permanentfloor portion, and means forming with the said partition an inclosurefor the compartment located intermediate the car side and the portablepartition and comprising devices to serve as Walls and adapted tosupport a bed at night Within the compartment and, when desired, forminga part of the car floorto support seating devices by day.

6. In a passenger coach, a compartment comprising a side wall of thecar, a portable partition wall, and means forming with the saidpartition an inclosure for the compartment located intermediate the carside andthe portable partition and comprising devices to serve asvertical walls and adapted to inclose a bed at night within thecompartment and, when desired, forming a part of the car floor tosustain seating devices by day, in combination with devices constructedand arranged to serve as chairs by day and as a bed at night, and, whenplaced adjacent to the said vertical wall, to impart greater stabilityto the same.

7. In a passenger coach, a compartment comprising a side wall of thecar, a' rigid portable longitudinally and transversely disposedpartition Wall, and means adjacent to the said partition wall andforming with said partition an inclosure for the compartment locatedintermediate the car side and the portable partition and comprisingdevices to form a plurality of walls, a number of the same being adaptedto serve as room inclosing devices 'both by day as well as at night, andthe others as means adapted to alternately support a bed at night and toserve as a floor to support seating devices by day.

8. In a passenger coach, a knock-down state-room the center and endwalls of which are formed by up-turned portions of the floor, a sidewall of the room being formed by a side of the car, and means to formthe other side wall comprising a rigid portable longitudinally andtransversely disposed partition device the latter being adjacent to theup-turned portions of the floor.

' 9. In a passenger coach, a knock-down state-room the Walls of whichare formed by a side of the car, a rigid portable longitudinally andtransversely disposed partition device having a doorway at one sidethereof, and intermediate devices located at the termination of thepartition and extending from the partition device to the side ofthe carand comprising floor sections adapted when in vertical position tosupport a bed and when in horizontal position to support seatingdevices.

10. In a passenger coach, a knock-down state-room comprising a side wallof the car, a part of the permanent floor of the car, upturned floorsections located on each side of the latter, and a portable partitiondevice positioned between the floor sections adjacent to the car side,and at and around the outer edges of the floor sections located farthestaway from the said side of the car.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same inthe city of New JONATHAN O. FOWLER.

Witnesses:

ROB. SoHwARz, C. H. HAIG.

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